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Charmilles Technologies SA

CT Techno Cookee is the property of Charmilles Technologies SA.
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Charmilles Technologies SA,
Or to the following address:
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The Application Area is CT Technology Files processing and management as well as Tecnology Manual generation. CT Techno Cookee software has been tested under the regulations of ISO 9000 series.

 

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CT Techno Cookee Memo Booklet

Why important?

Technology is the key element of machining process. Enhancing quality and effectiveness of technology creation means to add one more significant point to the final product properties. Adding exclusive properties to the product regularly is the way to stay No 1 in EDM.

Why New approach?

Coming new product lines and existing machines enhancement demand new solutions extending today’s bounds. To keep the positions and to increase the market share means to offer flexibility and quick response to the customer’s demand in adding new properties to the product as well as to documentation: technologies and technology manuals.
Making technology design routine effective, bug-free, flexible for structure changes and Technology manuals automatically created is one of the tracks to be successful on the market and to remain No 1 in EDM.

Why reliable?

In order to be used in production, the software should not only be pretty looking and user friendly. To give correct and bug-free is more important. This one is able because:

• You have no chance to make errors while creating technologies. Almost everything is checked automatically.
• You have no chance to get not up to date data, different from the actual one - the information is stored in a single copy and processed by a network based software.
• You have no possibility to create the technology, which will not be understood by the existing CNCs - the resulting files are totally similar to the old ones.
• If You are creating Technology Manuals it is impossible to use the wrong style and the wrong font typeface - Technology reports are generated automatically to the enterprise standard.
• And, finally, You have the right and the possibility to choose which processing routine You prefer - the new one or old CT Techno utility. CT Techno is easily accessible and is supplied with up-to-date source data taken from the DataBase.

What’s really new?

• All technology data together with the structure descriptions is placed in a unique centralised DataBase, accessible through the network.
• Technology structure descriptions are separated from the programs and can be changed and enhanced easily.
• Technology integrity is supported automatically, leaving no room for user errors leading to the contradictions between the technologies as well as their structural elements.
• The software provides high level user friendly graphical interface supplying the operator with the complete guidelines right on the window panel.
• All the jobs affordable by the software are planned and designed in a way to lead to the final result by pressing the appropriate control button.
• The results: technology reports for instance, are generated with top quality and in the form standard for CT.
• Structured, context sensitive Help is available now.

What can be done?

The main functions affordable by the moment cover up-to-date user’s demand and are listed here together with the appropriate results:

	Create new technology, regime, sequence, strategy - the result is a new technology/component instance within the DataBase, ready for .TEC file generation
	Access and modify technology components: Regimes, Sequences, Strategies, Parameters and Curves - the result is a modified technology ready for further processing
	Process Curves with graphical chart representation available - the result is a modified or a new curve with data verified by chart.
	Use CT Techno Utility for technology treatment, having all Techno facilities available - the result is compatibility and Your freedom to choose any program You like.
	Create CT Technology reports - the result is that You obtain the report presented in CT Technology Manual format and ready to be assembled into the manual by means of Decktop Publishing tools.

How to get data and communicate with outer space?

The software is designed to provide maximal effectiveness in getting technology components. As it understands the same data, CT Techno is using for Technologies source representation, it is obvious that You can easily obtain all the technologies available for CT Techno.

	A special subordinate Importer application is an integral software part and can be used to pump in the technologies into the DataBase. It is accessible by simple control button click
	The way to supply Techno with source data is as simple as the previous one. Special subordinate Exporter application is designed for the purpose.

How to enhance?

The DataBase approach with enhanced Data Dictionary design technology used for the creation of this particular software system is flexible and powerful enough to think about further development right now.
The essence of the technology is the wide usage of standard (and, therefore, reusable) program elements and maximal separation between application programs and data structure descriptions. So the changes in data structures do not affect the programs deadly. In the majority of cases the only thing You need to change is DataBase data structure descriptions.
That is the way to obtain desired flexibility and easiness of further development, that is obvious and can be easily seen for the following functional facilities:

• Data Archive subsystem
• User authorisation and data protection
• Multilingual support
• Data instance filtering selection and context search

as well as for the following application extensions:

• Complete Sequence and CT Expert Questionnaire processing: Sequence creation and Decision Scenario support
• Technology components converting for SpreadSheet and Word processing
• Technology analyses and testing using the mathematical and informational models of the machining process.